I'm sure your right but it's unfortunate. The way I see it, we have five pillars of our law - the three branches of government, free press, and our right to freely talk about, meet about and express divergent views in public. It seems the press is dying, and the intolerance between parties is at an all time high. I know many people who claim to be very "open minded" and to be affiliated with the more "open minded" party per their view, but they will not even listen to radio or TV programs or channels, or to friends or relatives, which express an alternate view. I often find too that these individuals cannot back up there opinions - I don't go out of my way to challenge them, but even the most innocuous questions like, "that doesn't sound accurate to me - where did you hear that" evokes angry and dismissive responses. These are highly educated, intelligent people who are reasonable on other matters. I don't care if they agree with me but I think it's sad they cannot even consider that someone might have more to add to the discussion.
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